Day Off
Sasuke walked into the manor and sat down to take off his sandals. He had taken a 30 minute walk after he saw Itachi off; he constantly told himself that he wasn't worried about his brother; his brother is the captain of the 12th ANBU division for god's sake. He's been holding that title since he was 13. He didn't care what happened to that bastard anyway. He knows he's just lying to himself, but he'd rather die that admit it out loud.
He sat there for a moment, everything in the world seemed so quiet. "He left again?" Sasuke's body jerked up, head snapping around to look at Sakura, he assumed that she had just woken up as she was in what he presumed was her sleeping gown.
Sasuke got on his feet "Yeah..."
"Are you worried?"
"No" Sasuke replied a little too quickly, he refused to meet Sakura's eyes because those emerald eyes always made him feel transparent. He was planning to go back up the stairs to laze on the bed till breakfast in ready.
"Alright mister, breakfast will be ready in half an hour" she said, stealing a kiss from his cheek as she passed him to get to the kitchen, he smirked.
...
After breakfast, Sasuke found himself being dragged away from his training schedule by Sakura to take a walk around the village to stock up on their groceries as well as see if anyone they knew was in the village. She even told him she had something special planned for the end of the day. He didn't mind accompanying Sakura around for the whole day, but he wasn't very excited about catching up with the people they knew because that would mean-
"SAKURA YOU'RE BAAAACK !"
Both of them turned around only for Sakura to suddenly be tackled over my Ino, the pinkette stumbled backwards as her blonde friend crushed her in a bear hug. "It's nice to see you too, Ino" she smiled.
"Oh gosh it felt like ages since the last time I saw you? Have you grown thinner?" said Ino, pulling back from the hug to examine the smaller kunoichi with her hands on Sakura's biceps.
"It's been a week" said Sasuke, rolling his eyes.
"Says the guy that got to go on a partner mission with her" huffed Ino, she turned back to Sakura
"Oh, have you heard about Neji and Te-" the blond was cut off when the almost-said couple walked past them, completely in their own world with Tenten speaking the whole time, she walked with her hands behind her and her steps were light and giddy. Neji had a very, very small smile on his face as the brunette talked.
Sasuke couldn't find anything wrong with that scene, but for some reasons he got an earful of Ino's squeals as she practically shook Sakura around. "They look so cute together" she said.
"When did this happen?" Sakura gasped, her mouth left gaped as she tried to follow the couple with her eyes.
"Just after you guys left for the mission" Ino said, mimicking Sakura. "Hinata told me that she heard it was Tenten that confessed first" The blonde said in a slightly distracted voice.
Sakura turned and looked at Ino with surprised eyes.
"Is that so? Wow" she breathed.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her fascination with her friend's love life.
"How about you and Shikamaru?" asked Sakura. Ino seemed shaken up upon the mention of her teammate's name.
"Oh, us? There was nothing going on in the first place" her tone sounded rather depressed yet annoyed at the same time.
"Did you guys get into another fight?" asked Sakura.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed at Ino, the last time those two go into a fight, Sakura was dragged into a kidnapping with Ino.
"Well, sort of. Shikamaru's working on next year's chunin exams with Temari-san. Again" said Ino. There was something about the way she said Temari's name that gave away her jealousy.
"I thought you told me you were going to be honest with him" Sakura said in an accusing tone.
"I will!" Ino retorted "Just, not now"
Sakura caught a familiar chakra signature and smiled "Now's your chance, he's alone" she said, turning her best friend around and giving her a light push.
"W-wait!"
Ino stumbled into Shikamaru's path as the lazy genius raised an eyebrow at her then glanced over at Sasuke and Sakura. Sasuke gave him an acknowledging look. The pink haired kunoichi gave a brief wave to Shikamaru as before she pulled Sasuke away.
"They're back early" said Shikamaru, approaching Ino.
Ino straightened and huffed "I doubt you'd even notice they were gone, you're always with Temari-san" Ino said in an annoyed tone; she crossed her arms and blew on her fringe.
"Geez, woman. What are you so upset about? We're just working as liaisons for the upcoming chunin exam for god's sake. We do it every 6 months" said Shikamaru.
"Who said I was upset!? I'm not upset! Especially not about you." huffed Ino.
Shikmaru raised an eyebrow "Anyway It's none of your business who I work with, Ino" said Shikamaru, he pushed past Ino and the next thing he knew, he was kicked to the floor by the blonde.
"None of my business?! It's definitely my business! Temari-san is a woman too you know!"
Shikamaru winced as he turned over on the floor and sat up. He looked up at his teammate, not sure whether he should take part in this squabble with Ino. They always fight, but it always starts with Ino's temper; some of their topics didn't even make any sense; that girl's temper is way too troublesome for him to handle.
"Ino, I work with her; in fact why do you care, you're always nagging me for no reasons." snapped Shikamaru, he got up and his height immediately towered over her.
Ino's blue eyes seemed to water as her brows furrowed, looking dissatisfied. "I'm just-" she cut herself short then down casted her gaze—she sighed.
"Is it wrong for me to feel jealous of other girls?" her voice cracked as she struggled to compose herself. "You're smart, Shikamaru. So why haven't you figured it out" she added quietly. She sniffled and then lifted her head, her eyebrows arched and her eyes glimmering with tears "I want your attention, Shikamaru—all of it" she didn't care that she sounded pathetic; she didn't care that her voice wavered in her confession; she didn't care if he just turned away from her and left her.
But before she could be rejected, she decided that she would run.
Spinning on her heels, she was prepared to leap onto the rooftops but she felt herself being tugged right back around before being pressed against a warm and firm body. Ino panicked, they were childhood friends; of course he wouldn't reject her bluntly because no matter what Shikamaru said, he cared for her just like he cared for Chouji and she knew that.
She struggled to break free "Let. go" she said, squirming against his hold. She didn't want to hear what he had to say. Anything he was going to say now would be done out of guilt and pity and she wanted to hear none of it. She just wanted to run as far away from him as possible.
She found herself sobbing out as she fought his hold.
Shikamaru held her head in place against his chest as he breathed his words into her hair. "Just listen"
The whole world fell silent and it was only the two of them. She could hear it, the rapid pounding of Shikamaru's heart; she could feel his chest rise and fall at an abnormally quick rate— He was nervous.
She gasped slightly when she felt the rumble of his chest against the side of her face when he spoke abruptly. "It's troublesome, so don't make me say it again" there was a pause and Ino had to stop herself from demanding him to say something; the anxiety was too much for her to handle. "I love you"
Ino's eyes widened, she didn't expect him to say it so suddenly. Normally guys would be second to the girl terms of displaying affection. Not to mention that those three words were not something to be thrown around with such ease.
"I didn't say anything because you've always had eyes on Sasuke" he breathed in her scent "I thought you might still have feelings for him, but yes. I've had a crush on you since the academy" Shikamaru confessed in a slightly shamed tone.
Well this was awkward.
For so long she had been so selfishly using him as a stress ball for her little crush on Sasuke and he didn't say anything at all. It turns out that he was always listening to her, even though he pretends not to be interested.
And now when she has realized her feelings for him, she takes it out on him for not realizing her feelings when it was her that didn't realize his . Ino buried her face in his chest, hugging his torso closer to her and murmured "I'm sorry…. I'm sorry"
Sakura and Sasuke was spying on them the whole time, masking their chakra and laying low. "Mm…. looks like everything's fine now" said Sakura, staring at the couple as if they were the subject to a very interesting documentary.
"Annoying couple" Sasuke grumbled.
"I think they match" said Sakura. Sasuke rolled his eyes, Sakura suddenly straightened and looked around "Naruto's close by" she lunged for her boyfriend's hand and dragged him off in a random direction. Sasuke groaned.
As they drew closer to the blonde, Sakura noticed a disturbance in his chakra. He definitely wasn't alone, he was in a fight and it was intense.
"What is that idiot doing" said Sasuke having taken noticed too. They both picked up their pace and skidded to a stop at the edge of the building to find Naruto on the rooftop in front of them, going all out with his attacks—with Neji.
"Geez Neji, I was just holding her hand!"
"With daring actions come responsibility, and you've just seal your fate when you decided to take a romantic step towards Hinata-sama in front of me" snarled Neji, he thrusted a palm at Naruto's face which the blond manages to dodge by an inch by tilting his head to the side.
"I don't even get what you're talking about!" Naruto shouted as he leaped back, making distance between himself and the Hyuga.
Neji persisted; thrusting blows continuously at his head and all were aimed to take out his head. "N-Neji nii-san! Naruto-kun i-isn't the one at fault!" Hinata cried helplessly from the sidelines as she stood next to Tenten who made no move to stop her new boyfriend from slaying Naruto.
"Just let them be, one of them is going to die sooner or later" said Tenten with a sinister smirk.
Hinata whipped her head in Tenten's direction, looking absolutely appalled "T-Tenten-san!" she scolded.
Naruto took a step back but Neji hook his leg and swiped his out of balance. As the blonde was struggling to regain his balance Neji landed a hard blow on his chest and sent him flying backwards. As soon as he collided with the wall behind him, he exploded into smoke. Neji's byakugan eyes widened and he looked around for Naruto.
He found his opponent standing bolding on top of the water tank, holding a rasengan. "Why do you have to be so uptight all the time!?" he yelled, starting to sound very annoyed. Neji faced him and widened his legs taking on the jyuken stance. They all know that stance he was going to trap Naruto in the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms technique once the blond comes after him with his rasengan.
Naruto scowled at him, Neji wasn't going to answer. Instead he was going to wait for his move and that was precisely what he was going to give him. Naruto leapt of the water tank and landed on his feet directly in front of Neji, he pulled his hand back and got ready to thrust it at Neji. The Hyuga himself moved, everything seemed to have happened in slow motion when Neji's palm was directed off by another and Naruto's rasengan was stopped when a metal chain shot out and entangled his wrist before pulling him out of Neji's way.
"Hey! What's the big deal!?" he yelled, his rasengan dispersed when he shifted his attention to untangle the chains from his wrist. "Hinata talked me into this" said Tenten. Hinata was panting her palm was inches away from Neji's wrist that had been knocked out of the way by Hinata's jyuken.
"Hinata-sama..."
"You will stop this foolishness at once, Neji nii-san!" she scolded. Never had they heard her so fearless; even Neji was shocked. "Am I not allowed to have a romantic relationship a man? You act just like otou-sama sometimes" she huffed.
"I was just worried for your-"
Hinata cut him off "Then you needn't worry about me. I'm not a child, Neji nii-san" said Hinata.
Neji looked down, feeling just slightly guilty for trying to kill Naruto. "I understand, I'm sorry" he nodded his head in a slight bow. A slight tint of red coat Tenten's cheeks when she saw this new side of Neji as the weapons mistress refrained from grinning from ear to ear.
Hinata's face turned red in realization and she played with her fingers "I-I apologize for speaking so rudely t-to you as well... N-Neji nii-san" stammered Hinata.
"He must mean a lot to you if you raised you voice at me for him" said Neji.
"I-I-I'm terribly sorry!"
Neji snorted and looked over at Naruto, who looked unsure whether to approach them or not. "You break her heart and I'll break your face" he threatened Naruto. The blonde swallowed and nodded, because he knew Neji meant every word.
"Looks like we didn't need to do anything after all" said Sakura, as they landed onto the rooftop.
"Sakura-chan! Teme!" Naruto announced.
"How long have you been there" said Tenten, resealing her chain into the scroll.
"Long enough to see everything" Neji answered grumpily for them.
"It would've been better if you two idiots killed each other though" said Sasuke.
Neji scoffed. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING IDIOTS!?" snapped Naruto
"You seem to have a death wish" said Neji, he looked over at Sasuke, and his eyes narrowed "Uchiha"
"Are you going to try and grant it?" challenged Sasuke with an eyebrow raised.
There are two absolute laws of the world.
First: Calling Chouji fat is a big taboo
Second-
A genius calling another genius an 'Idiot' would mean war.
"Genin" snarled Neji.
"Manservant"
Hell broke loose.
They were fast. Real fast. If it weren't for their trained eyes, the others wouldn't have known what was going on. Just sparks and flashes sparking around the area. "S-Scary..." Hinata said nervously. Tenten sighed "There's no stopping them now" said Tenten. "Sasuke... He's always picking fights" Sakura sighed; she walked over to stand with the girls.
Naruto looked back and forth between the girls and the guys and misinterpreted it as admiration for Sasuke and Neji. Not wanting to lose to them he was going to try and slot himself between them. "Yosh"
Well at least he tried.
"N-Naruto-kun!" squeaked Hinata, running to the blonde who was blown off like a leaf in a thunderstorm.
Naruto pushed himself up "Damn bastards" he cursed under his breath.
"A-Are you okay?" asked Hinata.
Naruto gave her a reassuring smile "Never better"
Annoyance crept from the back for Sakura's mind, why must Sasuke pick fights with anyone and everyone who gets on his bad side. She wouldn't have minded it so much if he picked a fight with someone that wasn't their friend. "Tenten" Sakura sounded so mature and commanding at that moment that Tenten had no choice but to give the pink-haired kunoichi her full attention.
Sasuke crossed weapons with Neji, his sharingan glaring into his opponent's byakugan. Then they both noticed something between their feet—a smoke bomb. It exploded abruptly. Sasuke panicked slightly before he felt a family pair of hands grab his arm, but what he didn't expect was for them to twist his arm around his back and pressing it against his own back and another small finger pressed down on his pressure point on his shoulder blade and immobilized his other arm. He was then forced to kneel on one knee when she kicked the back of his knee.
"Enough is enough"
Oh damn, she sounded pissed.
The smoke cleared and Neji was in a similar position, except he was on both knees and he was bound by chains.
"You're being very immature, Sasuke."
"Same goes for you, Neji"
Sasuke growled at his helplessness and it seemed like Neji wasn't liking this anymore than he was.
"I'm going to release you now, Sasuke. Don't do anything stupid" she warned him then smiled when she heard him grumble. At the same time, Sakura and Tenten unbound their partners and watched in amusement as they straightened themselves out then proceeded to act like nothing happened.
'Women are demons'-
That was one thing the two could agree on.
"AH! HOW DARE YOU END THE FIGHT WITHOUT BEING STOMPED ON BY ME!" roared Naruto.
"Says the dope that couldn't even stop us" Sasuke deadpanned
"The hopeless should just remain silent" said Neji.
"You guys are such bastards!" Naruto shouted.
Tenten and Sakura smiled at each other "Well at least we managed to get them apart" said Sakura. Tenten nodded with agreement. "We should get going, Sasuke and I still have to continue our honeymoon" beamed Sakura. Everyone turned red "H-Honey moon?!" choked Sasuke.
"AH! HOW COME I WASN'T INVITED TO YOUR WEDDING, TEME!"
"When did this happen?!" demanded Tenten.
"S-Sakura... what is your definition of 'Honeymoon'" said Sasuke, Sakura was famous for misunderstandings mainly because of her lack of interaction with the real world as a child and she had to catch up with books and sometimes books can be very misleading if not specific.
"Ino told me that if a couple goes somewhere together, it's called a honeymoon" said Sakura looking down and playing with her fingers in a very Hinata-like manner. Everyone sighed. Sasuke was going to have to smack some sense into Ino and tell her that if she wants to teach Sakura things, she needs to do it in detail.
"Listen, Sakura. Honeymoons are what married couples do." Tenten said, she herself felt embarrassed to correct Sakura "Right now, it's more of a date" she added.
"Oh... so this is a date?" said Sakura.
"No, this is how friends spend time together" said Sasuke.
"But we're boyfriend and girlfriend, so doesn't it count as a date" said Sakura. Sasuke opened his mouth to say something before he cut himself off.
The Hyuga male chuckled and Sasuke shot him a glare. "Didn't you say you wanted to go somewhere, Sakura" sighed Sasuke. "Ah, right. I'll see you guys later then" she waved off and jumped down from the rooftop, followed by Sasuke.
After changing direction a few times, it became apparent to Sasuke where Sakura was taking him. Soon he found himself standing in the middle of their usual training ground.
Sakura looked up at the side to try and determine the time, she thought for a moment "We have 3 hours before sunset" she said.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her "And? You dragged me around the village for the whole day, don't tell me you've run out of things to do"
Sakura pouted "So what if I did?" said Sakura.
"You sounded pretty confident of your schedule when you dragged me out of training this morning" said Sasuke, looking at her smugly.
"I still am!" Sakura retorted.
Sasuke snorted "Right"
Sakura elbowed him "Then what do you propose we do, Sasuke" she said, returning his smug look.
"Really? Now you ask me." said Sasuke he turned to the side and faced her as Sakura did the same, he took one step towards her, a smirk plastered on his face. Sakura had a very unsure feeling about what he was trying to do, she instinctively took a step back to avoid contact with him.
One step after the other, Sasuke persisted.
"Are we playing a game, Sasuke?" asked Sakura, finally after Sasuke indirectly pushed her into the forest. Sasuke didn't answer. Sakura backed up, stumbling a little before her back came into contact with something rough and flaky. A tree.
She was pinned.
Sakura glanced back at the tree before feeling it up behind her, pushing herself against it and eyes watching in horror as Sasuke came closer and closer. She swallowed when she had to look up to meet his eyes. He placed a forearm above her and leaned his head down to look at her, their nose just inches away from either other. Sakura stared up at him with large emerald eyes that held no clue of his intentions.
But then again- what are his intentions.
"Spar with me"
"Eh?"
"About what happened back at the border with Orochimaru, you'll need to know my weaknesses if that ever happens again" he said.
Sakura broke her gaze and looked away from him. "That's not necessary" she sounded cold.
"Sakura-" he was cut off when Sakura looked up at him with a burning gaze
"Sasuke, I'm not going to let that happen again" she snapped.
"Sakura, we don't know what's going to happen. Next time you might not be so lucky" Sasuke retorted, he sounded like he was pleading.
In his eyes, Sakura saw pain. Regret. Frustration.
Her brows furrowed slightly and she blinked a few times "Please, Sakura."
Finally she let out a breath "Alright" she looked away then back at him "But only because you asked nicely" she beamed childishly at him.
Sasuke smirked and pushed off the tree. "Sasuke. Do you really think I'm incapable of taking care of myself?" said Sakura. Sasuke raised an eyebrow "Not against me you can't"
Sakura withdrew, well he was partially right. She may have the capability to control chakra like it's her own hand and devise an antidote for a toxin on the spot, however if her skills and stamina were compared to her teammates, she would be falling behind.
"I'll show you all my weak points" said Sasuke.
Sakura looked surprised "Oh? I was beginning to think you didn't have any" said Sakura. Sasuke smirked as he found that extremely amusing and ironic considering his biggest weakness was her.
They stepped out from the forest and face each other. Out of nowhere he pulled his kusanagi on her. Sakura had no trouble with that and stopped his blade completely with a kunai. "Once you've locked blades with me, do not look into my eyes. I will activate my sharingan" said Sasuke. Sakura looked up instinctively "Sakura, what did I just tell you?" said Sasuke.
Sakura smiled "Oh I'm sorry Sasuke, It's just that- You have beautiful eyes" she blinked at him. Sasuke blinked, eyes looking away nervously. But then he shook it off "Focus, Sakura" he told her and she beamed as he pushed her back, she jumped back a few feet and then lunged at him again.
He disappeared by the time Sakura had thought she slashed her kunai across him. She ducked to dodge a swing of his kusanagi from behind, he slashed downwards and she tumbled forward. Rolling back onto her feet she threw a few shurikens at him. He easily swiped them off with his kusanagi.
"Throw in a vertical manner, you'll be able to gain a few milliseconds stall" said Sasuke, he shot at her. Sakura formed a few seals "Katon, Housenka no jutsu (Fire Technique, Phoenix Flower Technique)"
"Aim for my left shoulder"
And so she did, he instinctively turned 45 degrees to avoid a scorching fireball. He strayed from his path towards her and went for her left side. Sakura shattered the ground beneath him like a rug. Sasuke jumped off the moving ground before he was swallowed. "Stick with long range attacks, preferably Fuuton" said Sasuke, he let his kusanagi slip back into its sheath before he immediately pulled a Chidori out of nowhere and shot for Sakura. "Fuuton, Kaze Bakufu (Wind Technique, Wind Blast)"
Sasuke was thrown backwards and he blasted into the forest on the other side of the field, if it hadn't been for his Chidori streams attaching themselves to the trees and acting like a cob web to stop him, he would've been blasting through tree after tree.
He cut off his chidori just in time to dodge an incoming reign of sharp dirt spears from Sakura. Sasuke activated his sharingan where he sensed Sakura's chakra nearby. "Go for my feet, I tend to neglect the possibilities of an attack from the ground" said Sasuke.
Sakura put his words to test immediately "Doton, Hachi Josho Doryu (Earth Technique, Eight Rising Earth Dragons)"
The ground around Sasuke rose and struck down at him, he tumbled forward to avoid being impaled. Sakura was waiting for him as soon as he got on his feet. She swung a punch at him, which he barely managed to dodge, however the next thing she knew. There was a knife pressed onto her neck.
"I told you to stick with long range" said Sasuke. "Watch your back" said Sakura and then she turned into water.
"Water Clone" mumbled Sasuke and rolled his eyes as if he was before he spun around rapidly, the flames in the shape of a dragon engulfed him. Sakura was about to stop her technique when she was caught off guard when wires shot out from her own flames and entangled themselves around her. Binding her down to her legs and her hands pressed to her chest. If she struggled, the wires would cut through her skin.
The flames subsided and Sasuke walked out without so much as a speck of scorch mark on him. His fingers entangled with wires that held Sakura's freedom. "Don't ever use Fire Techniques against me, that's the worst possible attack you could throw at an Uchiha" said Sasuke.
Sakura smiled sheepishly "Heheh"
"So what are you going to do now, bound up like that" said Sasuke, looking at her from a few feet away.
Sakura shrugged "I don't know, what do you want to do?" she said seductively.
Sasuke sighed "This is serious, Sakura." he pressed his sword to her chest "If I really lose control I want you to kill me" said Sasuke.
Sakura frowned.
"Promise me that you will" said Sasuke, his gaze boring into her. Sakura smiled just slightly "I trust you to come back to me" she breathed. Sasuke looked away from her then sheathed his sword and released her from his wires.
"Well that was- fun" said Sakura, she looked up. Just in time too. She grabbed Sasuke by his arm and took off.
He was wondering what was Sakura's plan for them at dusk, he prepared himself for all sorts of things but never would he have imagined standing in front of the grave of Sakura's parents. "Mother, Father. This is Sasuke, Mikoto-san's son" she beamed as she crouched down to the tombstone's level.
Slowly, Sasuke knelt down as well. "Sasuke's a very special person to me, sorry I didn't tell you before. I figured it'd be better that you guys meet each other" said Sakura. At that point, Sasuke didn't know what to do or say. Sakura nodded and smiled "Yes mother, he is very handsome isn't he"
Sasuke swallowed and bit down on his lip. She's talking to her parents as if they are really there, something he could never do. Because every time he visits his parent's grave, a wave of loneliness rushes over him. Their death anniversaries were always a depressing day, the two Uchiha siblings would visit their parents in different times of the day but never together.
Now he understood why they could never properly visit their parent's grave. He was afraid.
He was afraid that he would cry, afraid that he wasn't worthy to face them. Most of all he was afraid of rejection from his parents—he was a coward.
There was a pause before Sakura chuckled sheepishly "It seems that's all I've got to tell you, I'm sorry I-" Sakura was cut off my Sasuke.
"I'll take care of her, don't worry" he said in a reassuring voice. Sakura looked at him in surprise then her face lightened and she smiled
They stood up and prepared to leave when something caught Sasuke's eye. It was no wonder this area felt really familiar.
Sakura traced his gaze to the two tombstones in front of Sakura's parent's.
Uchiha Mikoto
Uchiha Fugaku
What a coincidence.
The couple stepped over to the tombstones
"Sasuke's parents" Sakura muttered.
A smirk crept up onto Sasuke's face and he snorted, running hand through his hair. "It's been awhile" he said. Sakura looked at him, he wasn't talking to her but his parents. "This is Sakura" he paused for a moment, his eyes looking away "My girlfriend" he mumbled. He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly "Sorry we don't come often"
"Nii-san's on a mission now, we'll come visit you guys soon. Together" he paused for a while, thinking up on what to say but could come up with nothing he turned "See ya" he said then walked away. Sakura stood still for a moment, still not sure about what just happened untill Sasuke pulled her back with a call of her name. She looked back at Sasuke who was waiting for her a few feet away. She bowed at the tombstones and smiled "It was nice to finally be able to meet Sasuke's parents" she said before she went and chase after Sasuke-
Then tackling his back for a piggyback ride back home.
Next Chapter
"He's dying"
"Yeah I noticed it too. I can't find what's disturbing the flow either"
"You guys were going to visit your parents... together"
"He still needs you"
"Thanks, Hinata"
Yes, I know it's been a really long time. Don't kill me, I'm renovating the prequel for this story and there may be a few minor changes made. Do take a look at it though. I'll see you guys soon, hopefully.
For those who do not know where the prequel is, I changed the title of the prequel from 'A Different Story' to 'Red Thread' It's in my profile! Sorry for those of you who couldn't find it, it's currently undergoing revision, hence why it's still incomplete. Sorry for the inconvenience!